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Richard S. Hawks
Professor
Chair and Professor

331 Marshall Hall
1 Forestry Dr.
Syracuse, New York 13210

Phone: (315) 470-6544
Email: rshawks@esf.edu

Education

• SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - BLA, 1972
• Harvard University - MLA, 1978

Teaching Experience

• Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Graduate Assistant, 1977-78)
• SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (1979 - Present)

Practice Experience

• EDAW, Inc., Associate (4 years) - Design/Planning Projects
• Reimann-Buechner Partnership, Consultant (12 years) - Design/Planning

Projects

• Your Town: The Citizens Institute on Rural Design (Co-Director)
• Greening the US Geneva, Switzerland Mission
• SUNYCenter for Brownfields Study
• Center for Community Design Research

Professional and Academic Activities (Current)

• American Society of Landscape Architects Vice President for Education
• National Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (Chair)
• Licensed Landscape Architect, New York

Courses Taught

• Undergraduate and Graduate Design and Planning Studios
• Natural Processes in Design and Planning
• Off Campus Program Locations: Italy, Greece, Germany, France, Australia, England, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia

Honors/Awards

• 2009    Inducted as a Fellow of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
• 2004    Outstanding Administrator Award for Excellence,  Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
• 2000    Inducted Upstate ASLA Chapter Fellow
• 2000    Inducted as a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architecture
• 1997    National Award of Honor in Public Education Category from the American Planning Association for the Your Town: Citizens Institute for Rural Design
• 1996    National Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architecture for Your Town: Citizens Institute for Rural Design